Three Beauties of the Present Day (Toji san bijin) , ca. 1793

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806) Three Beauties of the Present Day (Toji san bijin), ca. 1793 Woodcut okubi-e (bust portrait) with white mica ground, signed Utamaro hitsu, seal of publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo, censor's seal kiwame (certified)--good impression, faded, ink stains, stains, soil, worming and restored holes, reinforced with backing paper oban tate-e: 14¾ x 9 13/16in. (37.5 x 24.9cm.)